package Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother;

use strict;
use warnings;

use Carp;

our $VERSION = '3.0609';

sub instantiate {
    my ($class, $args) = @_;

    my $method     = delete $args->{method};
    my $coeff      = delete $args->{coeff} || 0;
    my $ra_samples = delete $args->{samples};
    my $ra_data    = delete $args->{data};

    if ($coeff < 0 || $coeff > 1) {
        carp("Invalid smoothing coefficient C $coeff\n");
        return;
    }
    if (@$ra_data < 2) {
        carp("Need at least 2 samples to smooth the data\n");
        return;
    }
    $method = ucfirst(lc($method));
    my $sub_class = __PACKAGE__."::$method";
    eval "require $sub_class";
    die "No such class $sub_class: $@" if $@;

    return $sub_class->_new({
        data       => $ra_data,
        samples    => $ra_samples,
        count      => scalar @$ra_data,
        coeff      => $coeff,
    });
}

sub get_smoothing_coeff { $_[0]->{coeff} }

sub set_smoothing_coeff {
    my ($self, $coeff) = @_;

    if ($coeff < 0 || $coeff > 1) {
        carp("Invalid smoothing coefficient C $coeff\n");
        return;
    }

    $self->{coeff} = $coeff;
    return 1;
}

1;

__END__

=head1 NAME

Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother - Base module for smoothing statistical data

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  use Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother;
  my $smoother = Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother->instantiate({
           method   => 'exponential',
           coeff    => 0.5,
           data     => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
           samples  => [110, 120, 130, 140, 150],
    });
  my @smoothed_data = $smoother->get_smoothed_data();

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This module provide methods to smooth the trend of a series of statistical data.

The methods provided are the C<Exponential> and the C<Weighted Exponential> (see respectively
C<Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother::Exponential> and C<Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother::Weightedexponential>
for more details).

This class is just a factory that will instantiate the object to perform the
chosen smoothing algorithm.

=head1 METHODS

=over 5

=item Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother->instantiate({});

Create a new Smoother object.

This method require several parameters:

=over 5

=item method

Method used for the smoothing. Allowed values are: C<exponential> and C<weightedexponential>

=item coeff

Smoothing coefficient. It needs to be in the [0;1] range, otherwise undef will be reutrned.
C<0> means that the series is not smoothed at all, while C<1> the series is universally equal to the initial unsmoothed value.

=item data

Array ref with the data of the series. At least 2 values are needed to smooth the series, undef is returned otherwise.

=item samples

Array ref with the samples each data value has been built with. This is an optional parameter since it is not used by all the
smoothing algorithm.

=back

=item $smoother->get_smoothing_coeff();

Returns the smoothing coefficient.

=item $smoother->set_smoothing_coeff(0.5);

Set the smoothing coefficient value. It needs to be in the [0;1] range, otherwise undef will be reutrned.

=back

=head1 AUTHOR

Fabio Ponciroli

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright(c) 2012 by Fabio Ponciroli.

=head1 LICENSE

This file is licensed under the MIT/X11 License:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.

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SOFTWARE.

=cut
